So a week of summer weather and that’s all we get? We had planned to go to Cotswold Wildlife Park today but sleepovers and torrential rain scuppered that plan, so instead, the boys and I stayed in and made alien spaceships.

They turned out quite well and are now hanging in pride of place from the beams in each boy’s bedroom.

Weather fairies - please let the bad weather go away now, you’ve made your point (once again). We have a 40th birthday bash to attend at the weekend and entertaining two energetic boys who have watched too much Olympic Judo and are now recreating their own matches downstairs, is hard work when it’s pouring with rain.